Joey Aiuppa

Joseph John "Joey" Aiuppa (1 December 1907-22 February 1997) was the boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1971 to 1986, succeeding Felix Alderisio and preceding Joseph Ferriola.

Biography
Joseph John Aiuppa was born in Melrose Park, Illinois on 1 December 1907, and he was a boxer before rising in the ranks of the Chicago Outfit during the 1920s. He worked as a driver for Tony Accardo before operating several gambling establishments in Cicero, and he was in charge of the Cicero district of the Outfit from the late 1940s to the 1960s. Not only did he run the lucrative gambling rackets in Cicero, but he also dealt in real estate. In 1975, Aiuppa conspired to murder Don Sam Giancana due to his refusal to share his profits from Mexican casinos, and he killed John Roselli for being too forthcoming in a CIA investigation into assassination attempts on Cuban leader Fidel Castro. From 1971 to 1986, Aiuppa was the boss of the Chicago Outfit, with Accardo serving as consigliere. In 1986, he was convicted of skimming from Las Vegas casinos, and the family had Anthony Spilotro murdered, as his reckless actions had led to Aiuppa's conviction. In 1996, he was released from prison, and he died in Elmhurst, Illinois a year later.